Final Fantasy 14 Players Are Blocking Access To Notorious Role-Play Server With A Character Barricade

A “human” wall of players in Final Fantasy XIV is blocking players off from visiting the controversial server Balmung.

Following the long-awaited release of patch 6.18--which enables data center travel and allows players to visit other worlds--a growing number of players have been visiting other servers to check out their unique player culture. As reported by GamesRadar, players wishing to visit Balmung are out of luck, for as soon as you arrive you will find a large amount of Balmung players blocking the way to the wider world. Balmung is well-known in the FFXIV community for erotic role-playing. This new travel feature made Balmung something of a tourist destination, but clearly community members are not interested in hosting.

The server has recently been the source of community controversy, as some players in the Balmung servers made real life billboards advertising an in-game party. These billboards featured copyrighted material, as well as obvious signs that terms of service breaking modding tools were used for the characters on display. Once community members pointed this out, the billboards were taken down. The player-planned, in-game event they were advertising, however, is still on the way.

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